bad kid

Chapter 30 You Have Cream on Your Mouth

The next morning, Ruan Zhimu woke up early.

It was warm under the blanket, and he leaned against Yan Yue's chest facing each other.

The size of the quilt is limited. If two people want to be wrapped in the quilt, they have to sleep on their sides and get as close as possible.

But in this way, the comfort of sleeping is greatly reduced.

Yan Yue also seemed to be sleeping uncomfortably, with his eyes closed, his body sideways, his brows furrowed slightly, his left arm was loosely placed on his waist and hip bones because there was no place to rest it.

Ruan Zhimu was embarrassed for a second, carefully moved his arm away, and got up to buy breakfast.

I bought sweet and salty sesame seed cakes, deep-fried dough sticks, and soy milk from the breakfast shop. When I got home, Yan Yue had just washed up.

He wore a slightly shattered hijab, with drops of water on his hair, and was wearing an open black and white vertical striped shirt, dark blue jeans, and the cuffs were loosely rolled up to his forearms, exposing his thin but strong wrists.

When Ruan Zhimu saw his wrist, he couldn't help but think of the scene when he held his ankle yesterday.

At that time, the room was pitch black and covered with a quilt, so he could hardly see anything, but the scorching heat when his ankle was held was very clear and unusual.

It was a feeling of being stable, down-to-earth, and being taken seriously.

The dinner table was eerily quiet this morning.

Yan Yue seemed to be in a good mood. He only ate two buns in the morning, but he actually ate three today.

After breakfast, Yan Yue went to school.

Ruan Zhimu was going to class, and worried that Ruan Ai was alone at home, so he had to take him along.

Ruan Ai followed Ruan Zhimu to school for the first time, and seemed extremely excited.

Ruan Zhimu told him to do his homework obediently in the classroom later and not to talk casually, Ruan Ai responded nervously.

When he arrived in the classroom, the classmates saw that he had brought a child, and surrounded him curiously.

"Wow, when did Brother Ruan secretly get married and have a child."

"Look carefully, the eyebrows and eyes are similar! They are carved out of the same mold."

"How many girls are heartbroken tonight..."

"Nonsense, this child is at least eight or nine years old. Could it be that Brother Ruan had a child in junior high school?"

Ruan Zhimu had no choice but to say, "This is my brother, come and stay with me for a while."

Ruan Ai has a small face and big eyes, with a pot head and a round back.Sitting timidly on a chair, wearing a bright yellow spring dress, like a little sunflower, looks extremely cute.

The female students in Ruan Zhimu's class suddenly became overwhelmed with maternal love, and came over with a bunch of snacks to tease the children, and they reluctantly returned to their seats until the class bell rang.

Ruan Zhimu looked at the mountain of snacks piled up in Ruan Ai's arms, and couldn't laugh or cry: "It's such a disaster at such a young age, and it will be a disaster when you grow up..."

Ruan Ai struggled to move a few times, and threw forward, all the snacks fell into his arms.

Ruan Zhimu: "Let me keep it for you?"

Ruan Ai lay on his lap, looked up at him, and whispered, "Give it all to brother."

Ruan Zhimu was slightly stunned: "Give it all to me?... Don't you like snacks the most, especially cheese sticks? I heard from my mother that you have to eat two sticks a day at home."

Ruan Ai repeated: "Because it's delicious, I gave it all to my brother."

Ruan Zhimu was stunned for a while, then said, "...Thank you."

-

Ruan Zhimu had a swearing-in meeting for a certain skin care company in the afternoon, and the scene was mixed, so it was no longer suitable for him to bring Ruan Ai.

The activity is only about three hours, and it will end soon.

Ruan Zhimu sent Ruan Ai home and told him to stay at home obediently, watching TV, reading comics and playing with toys. Don't touch electrical appliances, fires, gas stoves, don't open windows, and don't open the door if there are strangers knocking on the door.

Ruan Ai agreed one by one.

Ruan Zhimu hurried to the event location.

By the time the event was over, it was completely dark.

On the way home, I bought a crucian carp, thinking that I would cook crucian carp tofu soup for Ruan Ai at night, and it would also nourish Yan Yue's body.

The key turned the lock, but Ruan Ai was not seen.

Ruan Zhimu thought he was sleeping in the bedroom or going to the bathroom, so he yelled twice, but there was no response.

Ruan Zhimu was a little panicked, and searched every corner of the house, but found nothing.

Realizing that Ruan Ai was really not at home, Ruan Zhimu's mind went blank.

Calm down, don't panic.

Ruan Ai has always been well-behaved, and she will definitely not run out by herself.

The door locks are in good condition, the furnishings in the house are as tidy as when he left the house, and nothing has been lost.

Then it is possible that someone had the key and took Ruan Ai out.

Only Yan Yue has the key.

Ruan Zhimu called Yan Yue, but the phone rang for a long time, but no one answered.

Ruan Zhimu panicked completely.

He grabbed the key and ran out the door. When he went downstairs, he knocked his toes on the steps and fell down. Regardless of the injury, he immediately got up and ran again.

At the same time, pick up the mobile phone and dial 110.

He ran to the first floor and bumped into a man.

Yan Yue hugged Ruan Ai and looked at him in surprise.

Ruan Ai's face was flushed, and her hair was wet with sweat on her forehead, as if she had just played crazy somewhere, holding a big beige cloth bag in her arms.

Seeing Ruan Zhimu, he wanted to rush up immediately, but was frightened by his brother's pale face, and shrank back into Yan Yue's arms timidly.

Yan Yue: "You..."

Ruan Zhimu's legs gave way, and he was about to fall, but Yan Yue grabbed his shoulders.

Yan Yue put Ruan Ai down and supported Ruan Zhimu.

Ruan Zhimu: "...you took Ruan Ai out just now?"

Yan Yue: "It's early after school today. Seeing that he was alone at home and very hungry, I took him to a nearby shopping mall for dinner."

There was no blood on Ruan Zhimu's lips: "Why didn't you answer my call."

Yan Yue: "I took him to the carousel just now, and accidentally dropped his phone. It took a while to find it, but the phone was dead. I was afraid that you couldn't find anyone to worry about, so I brought him back first."

Ruan Zhimu pressed the phone interface that was about to be dialed out, and slowly stood up while supporting Yan Yue's arm: "...So that's how it is."

When he got home, Ruan Zhimu saw that Ruan Ai was sweating, and asked him to take a bath first, fearing that he would catch a cold.

Yan Yue carried the crucian carp to the kitchen and poured Ruan Zhimu a glass of water: "Why are you so scared?"

Ruan Zhimu slumped on the sofa weakly: "The two people in the family suddenly disappeared, so why don't you panic?"

Yan Yue: "It's my fault. I just wanted to take him out for something to eat, but I accidentally played for a long time."

Ruan Zhimu: "Next time you go out, remember to tell me in advance."

"Ruan Ai will go home in a few days, so there are so many next times," Yan Yue said, "Just now I was eating out with Ruan Ai, and he asked me several times if he could stay longer, I don't want to go so soon go back."

Ruan Zhimu: "Who loves to go to school, I still want to have vacations all the time."

Yan Yue: "It has nothing to do with going to school, he just wants to spend more time with you."

Ruan Zhimu rubbed the glass in his hand: "...what do you want to say."

Yan Yue: "Ruan Ai will tell you later."

Ruan Ai came out of the shower, wearing blue cartoon pajamas with an elk pattern.

Ruan Ai glanced at Yan Yue, summoned up his courage, opened the big beige cloth bag, and handed an ugly urinal-like thing to Ruan Zhimu.

"Brother, I pestered brother Yan Yue out for dinner, don't blame him...this is for you."

Ruan Zhimu: "What is this..."

Seeing Ruan Ai's expectant expression, he swallowed the "thing" and said, "What is this?"

Ruan Ai: "The handicrafts made in the pottery museum are for you."

The earthen pot was earth-brown and crooked, with some abstract-looking patterns engraved on the back.

Ruan Zhimu carefully identified it for a while, and suddenly realized: "How many popsicles are carved?"

Ruan Ai's face collapsed: "...I carved people."

Yan Yue helped him explain: "The cube is the body, the stick underneath is the legs, four cubes, so it is a family of four."

Ruan Ai whispered: "I want to be with my parents and brothers forever, so I made this...isn't it too ugly?"

He was a little frustrated, and looked at his brother nervously, waiting for his evaluation.

Ruan Zhimu was silent for a while.

"No," Ruan Zhimu stretched out his hand and touched his head, "It's very...creative, I like it very much."

Ruan Zhimu sent Ruan Ai into the room, told him a bedtime story, and put him to sleep before coming out.

Yan Yue was waiting for him in the living room: "So interested today?"

Ruan Zhimu sat down on the sofa: "You came up with the idea of ​​making pottery, right?"

Yan Yue smiled and did not refute.

Yan Yue: "I just couldn't bear to look at it. He tried so hard to please you, trying to win your favor, for fear that you would be snatched away by others——Before I met him, I never knew that my brother would be such a cute species .”

Probably thinking of his domineering stepbrother.

Ruan Zhimu: "Ruan Ai also told me that you gave him a telescope."

Yan Yue: "Oh, he likes a cartoon about cosmic adventures. He said that he wants to be an astronomer in the future. It happened that there were small toys for sale in the mall, so I bought them."

Ruan Zhimu: "You call more than 1000 astronomical telescopes small, toys, and toys?"

Yan Yue: "Give children some scientific enlightenment."

It is impossible for Ruan Zhimu to let Ruan Ai accept such an expensive thing.

He wanted to return the telescope, or return the things to Yan Yue, but Yan Yue refused to accept it anyway.

Yan Yue: "There is no reason to take back what I sent out. And I gave it to Ruan Ai, so it's none of your business."

Ruan Zhimu: "..."

Both Yan Yue and Ruan Ai were full outside, and Ruan Zhimu was alone, too lazy to cook and stir-fry, so he stuffed crucian carp into the freezer, and took a leftover cream cake roll from the refrigerator.

The cake was sweet and greasy, Ruan Zhimu sat at the dining table, made a cup of green tea to relieve the greasy, ate one piece and drank three sips.

Just after taking a few bites, the phone rang.

Ruan's mother called, asking if Ruan Ai had behaved in the past two days, and whether she was used to sleeping well.

Ruan's mother used to set up a street stall when she was young, and her voice was loud, and her voice was clearly transmitted from her mobile phone.

Ruan Zhimu: "Yes."

Ruan's mother asked him again, did Ruan Ai remember to take the medicine last night.

Ruan Zhimu was taken aback for a moment.

Ruan's mother mentioned it when she brought Ruan Ai over. Ruan Ai has a bit of rhinitis recently and needs to take Biyuan Tongqiao Granules three times a day, one pack at a time.

Ruan Zhimu was preparing for the swearing-in meeting of the skin care company at the time, and thought about it for a while, but there were too many and complicated things to be busy with, and one didn't pay attention, and even forgot.

Ruan Zhimu said guiltily: "I..."

Yan Yue tapped the back of his hand suddenly.

Ruan Zhimu looked up and saw Yan Yue nodded towards him.

Ruan Zhimu said subconsciously: "—he ate it."

Ruan's mother: "Today, too?"

Yan Yue nodded again.

Ruan Zhimu: "Yes."

Ruan's mother was relieved, and chatted with him about some family affairs, saying that she and Ruan's father were going to meet a client today, but Ruan's father got up early and had a backache, and it might be an old problem, so she ordered him to rest in the hotel Yes; this month's living expenses of 5000 yuan have already been paid, let him spend what he should, and don't work so hard.

Originally, Ruan Zhimu would immediately refuse every time Ruan's mother told him about sending money, but today, because he was embarrassed to say it in front of Yan Yue, he could only reluctantly agree.

Seeing that he didn't refuse, Ruan's mother was happy: "I asked you to keep the money. A young boy, it is not tiring to go out to work every day? College students should study hard and have fun. When they see something they like My little girl can also have a date, don't save money on dating, our family is not short of money."

Ruan Zhimu gave Yan Yue an embarrassed look: "Mom..."

Yan Yue stood up in good time and walked to the balcony.

After Ruan Zhimu finished making the phone call, Yan Yue sat back.

Yan Yue: "Before taking Ruan Ai out for dinner, he said that he was afraid that he would forget it at night, so he took the medicine out of his school bag. I asked him if he didn't think it was bitter, and he said it was a little bitter, but also a little sweet. He is a man, he is not afraid of hardship, and he only leaves the house after drinking the medicine."

Ruan Zhimu: "Thank you... I was too careless."

Yan Yue: "You know, Ruan Ai won't blame you for being careless, he just hopes you can talk to him more."

"Your mother too, they all care about you," he paused, "Frankly speaking, I'm very jealous of you, you have such a good family atmosphere. This is the family I have imagined countless times since I was a child, a bit fierce, A nagging but loving mother, a strict wife-ruling father, and a well-behaved and clingy younger brother."

Ruan Zhimu sighed: "Are you surprised why I refuse to take money from my family?"

The matter has come to this point, Yan Yue has heard all about it, and there is nothing to hide.

He works all day long, lives a tight life, and rarely goes home. Others may think that his family is poor and his relationship with his family is not harmonious.

Yan Yue will definitely feel very strange when he reads it. Obviously his parents are good to him, and his younger brother also likes him very much.

Yan Yue: "I would like to hear the details of what you want to say."

Ruan Zhimu took a deep breath.

Compared with the Yan family's horse-catching plot, this matter in his family is actually nothing, but people's knots are not based on comparison, only those who are in it can feel the pain.

He used to be a left-behind child. When he was very young, his parents went out to work. He only came back once a year during the Spring Festival, so he lived with his grandparents.

There are actually many such things in the town. After all, there are no job opportunities in the local area, and young people with a little ambition have gone to big cities to work.

At that time, Ruan Zhimu had no idea about his "parents". He only knew that they would come back during the Chinese New Year and bring him new clothes, candy, and toy guns. Although they were not close, they were still peaceful.

Ruan's father and Ruan's mother began to contract projects outside, and their money became more and more abundant. They gave birth to their second child, Ruan Ai.

At that time, Ruan Zhimu gradually became sensible. He knew that his parents would pick him up after school, but he would always walk home alone; at home.

During the Chinese New Year, my parents brought Ruan Ai back.

At the bustling New Year's Eve dinner table, everyone happily looked at the newborn child, making him laugh and cry.When the mother was tired of holding her, the father naturally took it and continued to hold it.

That was something Ruan Zhimu had never experienced.

After the new year, my parents took Ruan Ai away.

If it was because Ruan Ai was too young at the beginning, but one year passed, two years, three years, parents always took Ruan Ai by their side.

It was only then that Ruan Zhimu realized that children of the same parents are different from each other, and the attention and love each person gets is also different.

When Ruan Zhimu was 15 years old, his parents made a lot of money and returned home.

Aware of his resistance to Ruan Ai, his parents began to deliberately let him get close to Ruan Ai, and sometimes asked him to help take care of Ruan Ai when they went out temporarily.

Once his parents were going out for a wedding and asked him to play with Ruan Ai at home. Ruan Ai was already able to walk relatively steadily at that time, and would walk around on the ground and explore every corner of the house.

Ruan Zhimu was distracted for a while, and Ruan Ai climbed onto the windowsill.

Ruan Zhimu looked up and saw, his mind went blank, and his first reaction was to hug him down.

The person hugged, but Ruan Zhimu couldn't stand still, and both of them fell down.

Ruan Zhimu was fine, but Ruan Ai's arm was cut by the iron piece on the stool leg.

The neighbor heard the crying at home and called Ruan's father and Ruan's mother. The couple hurried back and took Ruan Ai to the hospital for a tetanus shot.

When he came back, the light in Ruan Zhimu's bedroom had been turned off, Ruan's father and Ruan's mother thought he had fallen asleep.

They chatted in a low voice in the yard, and Ruan's mother was a little worried, thinking that the eldest son was not very sensible, and that his younger brother could fall asleep so quickly after being injured, it was heartless.

Later, we talked about Ruan Zhimu's rejection of his younger brother.

Ruan's father hesitated for a moment, then whispered, tell me, did Xiao Mu do it on purpose?

Ruan's mother also thought about this possibility. Ruan Ai usually took the initiative to get close to her brother, but Ruan Zhimu was always indifferent, and she was more enthusiastic about children she didn't know than her own brother.

And what a coincidence, Ruan Ai was injured, Ruan Zhimu was fine.

They have also seen similar cases in the news. Older children are jealous of younger children being favored, and will intentionally bully or even be cruel.

The two were talking quietly when the door slammed open.

Ruan Zhimu stood at the door, looking at them expressionlessly.

He calmly narrated what happened that night.

Ruan's father and Ruan's mother were actually chatting casually, but Ruan Zhimu didn't expect Ruan Zhimu to hear it, and suddenly panicked, holding him in his arms and apologizing repeatedly.

Ruan's mother cried when she saw that he didn't respond, and Ruan's father was also full of guilt.

Ruan Zhimu remained expressionless.

From then on, he vaguely understood: In this world, he can only rely on himself, and only himself is the most reliable.

He returned the money his parents sent him intact, but his parents refused to accept it, so he stored it in a separate card and never moved it.

He worked illegally in high school. The boss was afraid that he would be punished for employing child labor. He refused to take him, so he changed to another company and used his cousin's ID card to get away.

When his classmates are eating snacks in milk tea shops and playing games in Internet cafes, he is always working part-time.

He has good grades, and he didn't spend much money on tuition and miscellaneous fees before college, and the money he earned from part-time jobs was more than enough to support his life.

Tired is tiring, but he doesn't feel angry or unfair. This is the path he chose, and he can't blame others.

Later, when he grew up, he could understand what his parents thought at the time, and knew that Ruan Ai liked him, but it was so easy to change people's hearts.

Even though he later minored in educational psychology, took the teacher qualification certificate test, knew a lot of theories of children's psychology, knew that the problem of left-behind children was the inevitable result of urbanization and industrialization, and knew that this was the helplessness of the unbalanced economic development between urban and rural areas. Still can't quite get over it.

Just twisting like this, it became a knot in my heart.

He cannot get comfort from outsiders, only he can give himself a sense of security.

At the beginning, I agreed to fall in love with Zhan Zihang only because Zhan Zihang said to him unintentionally, "When you need it, just come to me".

In fact, it was a very common and nasty love story, but he took it seriously.

-

This is the first time that Ruan Zhimu has spoken out about things buried deep in his heart.

Even to Zhan Zihang before, he never confessed everything.

Ruan Zhimu half-joked: "Are you trying to persuade me to let go of my knots and become a Buddha immediately?"

Seeing that Yan Yue played so well with Ruan Ai in the afternoon, he probably liked Ruan Ai a lot, so he helped Ruan Ai speak.

Yan Yue shook his head: "You know more truths than I do. What I understand, you must understand too. I don't need to say it."

People are always very clear about their own weaknesses, but they can't get through the barriers in their hearts, which is why they get so twisted.

For such a thing, it is useless to force it for a while, only time can heal everything.

Yan Yue: "However, I didn't expect you to tell me so much."

Ruan Zhimu narrowed his eyes: "Then you should also be more honest with me?"

Yan Yue: "This is seizing the opportunity and starting to plot against me again?"

Ruan Zhimu remained calm, and changed the topic: "For example, the adult man you have a crush on."

Ruan Zhimu is really worried, he has been worried for several days.

These days, besides going to class and working part-time to take care of Ruan Ai, he is worried about Yan Yue's early love.

As the saying goes, when God opens a door for you, he closes a window for you.

You say it’s not good who you like, you like a man; it’s not good to like any man, you like a garbage old man who cheated on marriage and divorced.

Ever since he knew that Yan Yue might sneak out for a date in the middle of the night, he would lock the door before going to bed at night.

It is still not at ease if it is locked, he can't use electric welding to weld the door, this is a temporary solution, not a permanent solution.

What if Yan Yue escaped by jumping out of the window, or sneaked off to meet someone on the way to school, he wouldn't be able to find out at all.

We must grasp the crux in order to prescribe the right medicine.

Yan Yue: "Do you really want to know?"

Ruan Zhimu looked at him sincerely: "I can understand that you really don't want to share his information, but, next time you want to meet, I can pick you up, right, I won't interfere with your chat, at least let me I know where you go every time, and I will pick you up for free, isn't that too much?"

When Ruan Zhimu said this, he had just finished eating the cream cake roll on the plate, with a little white cream on the corner of his mouth.

Yan Yue stared at the corner of his mouth: "I didn't eat clean."

Ruan Zhimu subconsciously wanted to find a tissue.

Yan Yue had already stretched out his hand, and wiped off the cream from the corner of his mouth with the pad of his index finger.

Ruan Zhimu was a little embarrassed: "Thank you..."

"Let's talk about it next time, I want to sleep," Yan Yue naturally moved his fingertips to his lips, tasted it, and commented, "It's so greasy."

Ruan Zhimu was struck by lightning: "...What were you doing just now?"

Yan Yue: "?"

Ruan Zhimu: "You just ate..."

Yan Yue frowned: "I want to taste the taste, is there any problem?"

Ruan Zhimu: "..."

Yan Yue's expression was so natural and righteous that Ruan Zhimu had a little doubt.

Are post-00s so open now?

Are you really too surprised?

"Remember to buy a yogurt cake next time, don't buy one with so much cream," Yan Yue stood up, "I don't like cream, it's too sweet."

The author says:

Added a new update today, I’m afraid you may miss it, so I put 6000 words in one chapter~